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Sit-in protest against extra judicial killings and AFSPA held

Sit-in protest against extra judicial killings and AFSPA at Jiribam

JIRIBAM | Sept 13 : A sit-in protest meet demanding the arrest of the culprits involved in the murders of G. Jiteshore Sharma, Th. Satish, Th. Prem, R.K. Ronel and Ph. Naobi was held at 11:00 am today at the front of the office of Manipuri Student’s Federation(MSF), District Committee, Jiribam.

The protest which was organised by JAC also called for the repealment of Arm Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) from the state. It witnessed the mass participation of the local population of Jiribam.

Member of JAC, Maipaksana Singh stated that the first objective of the protest is to demand the government of India to immediately arrest the army officials involved in the custodial killings of innocent civilians. The punishments should be awarded after they have been handed to the CBI and following their resolutions, he added.

The next objective is the total removal or eradication of AFSPA from Manipur which was implemented in the hill areas of the state in 1958 after the act was established in Parliament in the year 1958. After that, the act was extended to the valley districts and now the implementation of AFSPA in Manipur has almost reached 60 years, Maipaksana said. “The Act was implemented to aid imperialist agendas,” he asserted.

He further stated that Lt. Col. Dharamvir of India Army had admitted to the High Court of Manipur of the murder of five innocents in 2010 and 2011. After the state public came to know about the matter, a public meeting was convened at NagamapalKangjabiLeirak, Imphal which witnessed the participation of most CVOs in Manipur along with the family of G. Jiteshore Sharma. The JAC was formed with the consensus of the participants at the public meeting, he said.

More than 10,000 innocent victims have been killed in the name of AFSPA. Amongst those killings, 1528 people were murdered in cases of Extra Judicial Custodial Killing and Fake Encounters of which there is “absolute” proof along with cases filed in the Supreme Court, Maipaksana added.

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